English Dictionary

brachiation

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.

日本語の意味

腕を用いて、保持物から次の保持物へとぶら下がりながら移動する行動、特に動物が樹上で移動する際の方法

The gibbon's brachiation through the trees is both efficient and elegant.

テナガザルの腕を振って枝から枝へ移動する動きは、効率的で優雅だ。

意味（1）

(zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.

Species that normally move by brachiation (swinging from hand to hand while hanging from supports) or vertical leaping and clinging require substantially different cage designs from conventional quadrapedal striders even if all are of similar body weight.

brachiations （ plural ）